https://x.com/InsiderWire/status/1978153471942570136
#BREAKING: X will soon be displaying every users’ country of origin on their public profiles.
https://x.com/DMichaelTripi/status/1978482790950981761
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does “more harm than good.”
I'd agree with the first half but not the second. Geoblocking everything in South America, Africa and Asia west of Korea would have a disproportionate benefit for most online systems, but if the expected return on spam wasn't more than $5 it would already be a solved problem on Twitter with their blue checkmark.
Do the spam accounts (crypto 'investor' bots, etcetera) have blue checkmarks?
I very much doubt that they have an ROI of more than a few cents per bot.